Goldilocks and Cybersecurity
Watching the Watchers.org
by Derek Bambauer I argue in a forthcoming paper, Conundrum, that cybersecurity can only be understood as an information problem. Conundrum posits that, if we're worried about ensuring access to critical information on-line, we should make the Net less ...

Cybersecurity Analyst Aaron Barr gets fired
myce.com
Apparently the final straw for Barr's employers was his speech at a recent FBI-sponsored cybersecurity conference entitled, “How I learned to stop worrying and love social media.” “I never got a copy of what he was presenting at the conferences,” said...myce.com

Small firms must heed online security, too
SouthCoastToday.com
Two-thirds of American small businesses rely on broadband Internet for their day-to-day operations, but just half of them have a cyber-security plan in place to protect their companies and their customers, according to a survey released last October by ...

Germanna leading effort to connect jobs and skills
Fredericksburg.com
One of GCC's focuses right now is preparing people to work in the cyber securityand IT fields. A number of government agencies with offices in this region already are seeking people trained in cyber security, Wesley said, and the need for a workforce...Fredericksburg.com

Globe South community briefs
The Boston Globe
The topics will include Middle East realignment, promoting democracy, Mexico, cyber security, exiting from Afghanistan and Iraq, the state of the oceans, Indonesia, and energy politics. The library offers two groups – daytime and evening. ...

News Digest: Jan. 23
Federal Times
Eight high-ranking former federal officials urged Senate leaders last week to debate and pass cybersecurity legislation. "Inaction is not an acceptable option," wrote former Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn, former Vice Chairman of the Joint ...

West County Business: Fort Meade impact felt countywide
Annapolis Capital
This includes the new Cyber Center opening at Arundel Mills, degrees in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance, and matriculation agreements with four-year colleges, some allowing degree completion in Anne Arundel County. But as Fort Meade grows, ...

SOPA Stalls and Stubbles; Internet Inc. Wins First Round
SubmitinME
Langevin, a Rhode Island Democrat and activist for Improved Cybersecurity Practices said in a statement, "Instead of trying to mitigate security, economic, and Internet freedom concerns with broad, over-reaching technical solutions, I support proposals ...SubmitinME

Item requests city ballots, records for spot check
Huntsville Item
Cyber security experts agree that electronic voting equipment can be tampered with to alter voting results, he said. Publisher Lee said there is no reason to suspect hackers tampered with city election results. “Our Public Information Act request is ...

Empower DoD's CIO, panel urges Panetta
Federal Times
For example, DoD is drafting a new charter that makes clear her cybersecurity responsibilities as well as those of US Cyber Command and US Strategic Command. But Takai isn't naïve about having to get some level of buy-in from CIOs at DoD agencies and ...

Q&A: Stop Online Piracy Act
The Guardian
The White House recently issued a statement on the bills, saying it would oppose Pipa and Sopa as written, and emphasised that the president would not support any bill "that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the...The Guardian

Lobbying outlays bounce back in 4th quarter
Politico
... Panama, South Korea — work on fundamental corporate tax reform, extension of the research and development tax credit, work on various regulations … and cyber security legislation,” said Larry Burton, the Business Roundtable's executive director....Politico

Education is the key to city's future
San Antonio Express
Those two pillars are still there, but now San Antonio has other economic supports: health and biomedical, cybersecurity, international logistics, higher education and a growing energy sector. The diversification of the local economy is a major reason ...

A Heart Warming Story
Mountain Home News (blog)
... Note: Bush announced in 2001 his intention to do this but backed off the reforms after 9/11, which include: new procurement policies; increasing the size of Special Ops units; deploying new technologies; creating new cyber security units; etc. ...Mountain Home News (blog)

Newest hack attacks: Battles in ongoing Mideast cyberwar
+972 Magazine - Independent commentary from Israel and the Palestinian territories
In 2010, Israel added a cyber-security department to its military, one of the first governments in the world to do so. Then there was Stuxnet, a worm that targeted and delayed Iran's nuclear program. Although little is known about the origins of ...

Concurring Opinions » Goldilocks and Cybersecurity
By Derek Bambauer
It may seem strange in a week where Megaupload's owners were arrested and SOPA / PROTECT IP went under, but cybersecurity is the most important Internet issue out there. Examples? Chinese corporate espionage. Cyberweapons like ...
Concurring Opinions

The Cyber Security Challenge - King of The Hill
By Paul
I attended one of the 3 stream finals of the Cyber Security Challenge (CSC) 'King of the Hill' today. I was kindly invited some months ago as an influential blogger in the security industry which was nice, although Ellie (part of the CSC team), did ...
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White House Opposes DNS Blocking in SOPA « Techno-News Blog
By admin
Opponents of the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act circulating in the House of Representatives got a boost after the White House said it would not support any legislation that would result in online censorship or posed cyber-security risks to ...
Techno-News Blog

Cary, NC Based Web Development Company, Lucid Element ...
"...we will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet. We must avoid creating new cybersecurity risks or disrupting the underlying architecture ...
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